Orem Library

Twelve-year-old Cruz Coronado leaves his home in Hawaii to study and travel with other young people invited to attend the elite Explorer Academy in Washington, D.C.--

No one expected Reffkin to grow up to become one of the youngest-ever White House Fellows, create multiple nonprofits, and found a multibillion-dollar company. Raised by an Israeli immigrant single mother, disowned by his maternal grandparents for being Black, and abandoned by his father, Reffkin has always defied the odds. Now his mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Here he distills the wisdom he has gathered along his journey....

Los lectores aprenderán todo sobre las familias monoparentales a través de situaciones cotidianas y con las que se pueden identificar. Readers will learn all about single-parent families through everyday and relatable situations.

"Jamie Conklin, el único hijo de una madre soltera, solo quiero tener una infancia normal. Sin embargo, nació con una habilidad sobrenatural que su madre le insta a mantener en secreto, y que le permite ver aquello que nadie puede y enterarse e lo que el resto el mundo ignora. Cuandoa una inspectora del Departamento de Policia de Nueva York le obliga a evitar el último atentado de un asesino que amanza con seguir atacando incluso desde la tumba,...

Lovers and lollipops (1955): An enchanting tale of a seven-year-old girl's reaction to her mom's new boyfriend and how she feels her mother's relationships is deteriorating between them. Weddings and babies (1958): In New York's Little Italy, a Swedish-born woman yearns to begin a family with her photographer boyfriend Al. But the two things to which Al has devoted his career--weddings and babies--are the very things he cannot make room for in his...

"Say cheese! Say cheeeese! Yotsuba's got a shiny new camera! But this new camera is too cool for just Daddy's silly poses. What else should Yotsuba take? Maybe the nice man at the restaurant who makes udon, or Shaggy Beard at the bike shop. But definitely not that dog down the street. He's a little scary and . . . Oh no! Watch out, Juralumin!!!! WAHHHH!" -- From publisher's web site.

The curious and curiouser Yotsuba moves to a new town with her dad. In the process of moving in, Yotsuba encounters things like swingsets and broken door handles, which all bring about a never-ending torrent of questions and shrieks of amazement.

School's out for summer and Yotsuba's out of her mind! She's new in town-- and could very well be new to planet Earth--with no knowledge of the world around her. Some of her experiences include drawing, swimming, and catching a frog.

YOTSUBA heeeeeere! Guess what, guess what!? Yotsuba is going to a flower store with Fuuka! Yotsuba's gonna give flowers to everybody in the whole, wide world, even the police lady with her whistle that goes-- PI! PI! PIPI! PI! PIPUUUUUUUU!!